Stacie was running around the apartment, she was all jittery and Beca and Perri couldn't help but stand at the counter in the kitchen and stare at the young woman. The tallest brunette was wearing her white skinny jeans and a blue blouse which was tight around her chest; she was clearly trying to impress someone, but Beca wondered who. Stacie was already with Aubrey, who else could her best friend be after, although in reality it could be anyone because her best friend hasn't had sex in about three weeks. Stacie was running her hands through her hair and then there was a knock at the door and she jumped at the sound, her nerves were getting the better of her.
"Fuck- okay everybody stay calm okay? It's just another casual normal day. It's fine. Okay? Okay? GUYS SERIOUSLY!" Christina just let out a small chuckle and Beca took out her phone to record her friend who quickly walked over and snatched the phone, before the knock on the door echoed in the room again. "Okay hang on a sec I'm coming!" Beca walked over to the couch with Christina behind her as they sat down and Beca turned on the TV. "Who is it anyways? Stacie you better not be cheating on Aubrey!" "Well hobbit, she can't really cheat on me with me now can she?" Beca quickly looked up to see a tall blonde standing there in the doorway and Stacie giggling slightly, the brunette had tears in her eyes, she clearly missed her girlfriend. "Aubrey!" Beca leapt up from the couch and ran over to greet the tall blonde in a bone crushing hug. "Wow! Chloe is really rubbing off on you! Who knew you could even give hugs?" Beca just gave her a small smile, which quickly turned into a big one as she felt something wrap around her waist and looked down to see an even smaller brunette there.
"BECA! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" Emily said as she looked up into Beca's dark blue eyes, the DJ had small tears forming in them. Beca wrapped her arms around Emily tightly and snuggled into her. "I know I've missed you too kiddo!" Emily pulled back from the hug and her dark brown eyes gazed up into Beca's teary ones. "Are you sure you missed me? You're starting to cry. OMG do you hate me? I'm sorry! Whatever I did I'm sorry, I understand if you want me to crawl under a rock and die." Beca jusy laughed at the small girl and wiped her eyes, Aubrey and Stacie were looking at her in awe. "Hey Emily, we don't want that. I' just really happy to see you, I've missed you so much kiddo!" Emily pulled Beca into another hug and the slightly taller DJ was surprised by the eleven year old's strength. "Woah finding it hard to breathe here!" "Sorry I just missed you a lot. I love you Beca." At this point Stacie was starting to tear up, here was Beca Mitchell international badass turning into the biggest softy on the planet and Stacie found it to be the cutest thing ever. "I know kiddo." Beca said as she playfully messed Emily's hair making the girl wear an incredibly adorable scowl. "I love you too."
"Hey what am I a piece of meat?!" Christina yelled as she stood up from the couch, her hands placed on her hips as she stared at the interaction between Emily and Beca. Stacie was now wiping her tears and Aubrey was looking at her with a sincere smile, Christina could tell what that look was. Beca had given Chloe the exact same look on numerous occasions. "Sorry Perri. I missed you too." Emily said as she rushed over to the famous singer and also brought her into a bone crushing hug. Beca laughed at how red Perri's face had turned, Emily had some amazing strength for such a small girl, well she was nearly the same height as Beca, for such a small girl she had giraffe legs.
"So what are you guys doing here?" Beca asked as she looked back over to Aubrey who was making out with Stacie, clearly Aubrey found their time without sex more frustrating than Stacie so Beca returned her gaze back to Emily and Perri who were now sitting up on the couch watching some TV, the DJ really could get used to this life, as much as she loved Christina she thought of coming home to find Chloe and Emily sitting up on the couch watching TV which brought a small smile to her face which didn't go unnoticed by Christina. "You thinking of a certain someone being here instead of me aren't you?" Beca snapped out of her gaze completely blown away by how Christina could read her thoughts. "How did you-" "It doesn't take a genius Mitchell, you'd pick her over Hayley Williams, enough said." Beca let out a slight chuckle at her friend's words. "Yeah I'd pick her over you too Perri." Beca awkwardly rubbed the back of her neck with her left hand and now it was Emily's turn to speak. "O-M-Aca Gee! You really do love my mom!" Beca's eyes shot wide and a wide smile parted her lips, she loved seeing Emily so happy and excited, she had the same kind of smile as Chloe and her bubbly personality was the same. It was another quality of Emily's that she loved about her, simply because she was so like her mother.
"Okay Emily, whatever you say. So why did you and Aubrey come all the way here?" Emily thought for a moment before responding, she shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know I mean I heard Aubrey on the phone with Stacie and she said something about wanting another taste of Stacie's cherry because she missed her so much. But why couldn't she just buy them from the shop?" Christina and Beca looked at each other awkwardly before laughing at the small brunette's innocence. "Oh Emily please stay like this forever!" Beca said as she slumped down into the couch beside Christina, soon there was a small brunette sitting on her lap playing with her necklace.
"Emily, why are you on my lap? You're eleven you're not a baby anymore." Emily frowned and her face was so adorable like Chloe's that Beca just had to apologise straight away. "Omg okay, don't cry, don't cry I'm sorry you can stay there!" Emily's frown immediately turned into a wide smile as she hugged Beca and the DJ looked over to Christina who made a whipping hand gesture with her hand. Beca wasn't just whipped by Chloe but now Emily too; not that she didn't mind but Christina teased her enough on tour already about the redhead she didn't know how much more she could take. Beca pulled back from the hug and looked at Emily putting a stray piece of brown hair behind her ear. "You are so like your mother did you know that?" Beca said with a smirk, she didn't even notice the red rising in her cheeks at the thought of Chloe. "OMG Beca you're blushing! That's so cute!" Beca put her face in her hands and started to shake her head, Emily started to poke and prod her sides and continued to do so when she realised how ticklish her favourite celebrity was.
"Oh shoot! Okay it's five the concert starts in four hours and we gotta get food! I'll go get Aubrey and Stacie, Mitchell get yourself and Emily ready and by the way she's staying in your room!" And with that Christina bolted off to Stacie's bedroom, Beca had to smile as she tried to imagine the state her best friend and her girlfriend were in. Beca and Emily both got off the couch and grabbed the overnight bags and Beca brought Emily to her room so she could unpack some of her stuff. "So Legacy, where do you want to get a bite to eat?" Emily put her finger to her chin and pondered for a moment, she had the exact same expression that Chloe had when she thought hard about something and Beca found it incredibly adorable. "How about Taco Bell? I haven't had it in ages because dad has been so busy with work and mom hasn't been able to take me because she was stressing out about her and dad's trip." Beca gave Emily a sympathetic look, if only she knew what was really going on, but Beca didn't want to plague the young girl's mind with the same negativity her dad had bestowed onto her.
Beca was now deep in thought, she realised what would happen to Chloe's once perfect family. Chloe and Tom would break up leaving poor Emily and Chloe in the same state that Beca's dad had left her and mother in when he had the affair and left. The DJ was now starting to have doubts about Christina's plan although she knew that getting rid of Tom from Chloe's life would be great, but it could have a major impact on Emily like it had on Beca, and she really didn't want to see Emily's bubbly personality turn into an introverted Beca Mitchell. "Hey umm, Beca? You okay?" "Umm- yeah Em, I'm fine. Taco Bell sounds good we'll go there before the concert." Emily looked at Beca with a curious look but decided to ignore it, if she wanted to say anything she would she didn't want to invade the poor girl's privacy, which was the only difference between Emily and Chloe. Emily wouldn't pressure someone to find out why they're upset but Chloe would have to get to the bottom of it straight away. Beca even called her Dr. Beale before.
"Okay guys, those two are finally ready! Let's go and eat I'm starving!" Christina shouted from the living room, Beca and Emily made their way into the living room and all the girls headed out together. Beca was in charge of minding Emily seen as Aubrey and Stacie were too busy eye fucking each other. Taco Bell was literally a five minute walk from their hotel, which Beca loved because she was so addict to the Mexican food chain. Christina began telling Emily a story about one night when Beca went there after midnight and went up to the drive thru window in her car instead of walking in and she then parked her car in the parking lot and ate her burrito in there. Beca smiled at the memory fondly and began telling more of her late night Taco Bell feasts in the car park back in New York. "One thing I never got was how come you guys started the tour in LA instead of New York?" Christina just sighed and told the small girl that it was just show business and that it would be easier to finish in New York because that's where she was currently living and Beca nodded in agreement.
If Emily wanted to be a singer or song writer she would have to learn a lot about the business and Beca would be glad to show her the ins and outs of the business. The two artists kept talking about some of their favourite concerts and experiences as artists with the young girl before they arrived at Taco Bell. Emily's eyes went wide at the sight of her favourite food restaurant and Beca did the same, Christina, Aubrey and Stacie couldn't believe how the two brunettes' were so alike. "Okay guys pick your chins off the floor and let's go inside." Stacie teased and they all headed in and took a seat at the nearby window. A tall red haired waitress came over to them and started to eye Beca up and down, the brunette was clearly oblivious to the stares being made by the waitress because as far as she was concerned she only had eyes for one redhead. "Hey girls okay what can I get all of you?" The girls all ordered their food except for Beca, she didn't know what she wanted, she was tempted to order the same food as Emily because it was one of her favourites but the waitress took this as a perfect opportunity to flirt with the producer.
She stretched over the table giving Beca a full view of her cleavage which the brunette ignored and the waitress was clearly trying way to hard which made all the girls giggle and Emily was getting a bit annoyed, so the little girl was quick to think on her feet and decided to help Beca out. "Mom, maybe you should try the same as me, I mean you and mom get it the whole time when you guys go here so why not?" Beca turned to Emily with wide eyes, not sure if she heard what she said correctly and Legacy gave her a small wink as if to tell her to just go with it, Beca was completely clueless but happily obliged and played along with what Emily was saying. The redheaded waitress bit her lip from embarrassment and Stacie and Aubrey were trying to stifle their laughter as she walked away clearly annoyed by her failure at catching Beca's eye.
Beca looked over at the two with a puzzled expression on her face and Emily's gaze also fell to the couple next to them. "What's so funny?" Stacie just laughed some more and tapped Aubrey on the shoulder signalling for her to tell the brunette about the flirty waitress which she was entirely oblivious to. "That redhead was all over you, you're lucky Emily was here to save your butt Mitchell." Beca's eyes widened as she looked over to the small giggling brunette beside her, the DJ raised an eyebrow and smirked. "So that's why you called me mom?" Emily nodded and smiled back at the slightly taller brunette. "That and I'd kinda consider you like a mom, I mean you're there for me more than my dad lately so yeah. Plus it'd be weird to call you my sister coz you and mom clearly like each other so yeah, mom!"
Stacie began tearing up again, and Aubrey cooed over Emily's words to Beca. Beca was trying to stammer out a reply but her voice was slightly raspy and croaky, her eyes began to tear up. Emily just basically called me her mom and Chloe and I aren't even together. This kid really loves me. "Emily I think of you like my own daughter too so it's okay." Emily's smile got way wider and her face glowed and her eyes beamed bright with excitement. "Really?! Omg that's awesome! Hey umm- Beca do you know the way you're super into music like you're a music god basically…" Beca nodded slowly waiting for the younger girl to continue. "Well, I was just wondering if you would like to look at some of my songs sometime." Beca's eyes shot wide, Emily never let anyone look at her songs, not even Chloe. The songs were like her diary completely private and personal. "You wanna collab on something?" Emily nodded excitedly again hoping Beca would say yes; she did and Emily once again brought Beca into one of her bone crushing hugs.
"Okay here's your food! Can I get you guys anything else?" The waitress looking at Beca and winking at the small brunette whose face was laced with how uncomfortable she was. "Umm no I think that's everything thanks…" "Okay well if you need anything just gimme a call okay?" She hand Beca a piece of paper with her number on it which Beca quickly gave back to her. "Sorry but you might've seemed to have not heard my daughter earlier, I'm taken and clearly not interested." The waitress stood mouth gaped wide open and looking down at Beca, her teeth were gritted slightly and Beca was smirking up at her smugly. Stacie decided to intervene and brush off the waitress so the girls could enjoy their food. "You two really are something aren't you?" Emily and Beca looked over at Aubrey, they were holding their burritos the exact same way and had taco sauce all around their mouths, they both let out a muffled 'What?' to the blonde and Stacie and Aubrey both started laughing, Christina took a picture of the two and decided she'd show it to Chloe later, hoping that her plan would pull through.
Once they left Taco Bell, Stacie waved down a cab to take them all to the concert hall, Christina and Beca made their way onto the stage and Aubrey was on the phone to Chloe, the redhead being in tears on the other end because she really didn't want to go through with this wedding, in Vegas of all places and especially with Tom. Aubrey was pacing back and forth frantically trying to get Chloe to calm down, Stacie talking into the phone once in a while. Beca could only perform two songs before she had to leave so that Christina's plan could be put into place and the first song was nearly over, Stacie could tell that Beca was nervous because as the first song was drawing to a close and Christina began introducing the second song Beca began playing with her flannel shirt and then started playing with her fingers. Stacie watched carefully as Beca walked slowly up to the mic, which wasn't planned at all and her voice was very shaky but nonetheless the crowd still cheered for the little brunette as she began to dedicate the next song to a certain redhead. Christina began playing the opening chords, she was taking the lead obviously and Beca was patiently for her turn of the second verse. Aubrey, Stacie and Emily were in the wings and Stacie made sure to catch the entire thing on video, the speech Beca gave before she sang, and then the performance. Stacie had never seen the small DJ so nervous and she couldn't begin to imagine how Beca would feel later that night when Perri's plan would fall into place.
How many times will you let me change my mind and turn around? I hope that you see right through my walls The world is coming down on me and I can't find a reason to be loved You put your arms around me I hope that you see right through my walls I try my best to never let you in to see the truth I hope that you see right through my walls
I can't decide if I'll let you save my life or if I'll drown
I hope that you catch me 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let our love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home
I never wanna leave you but I can't make you bleed if I'm alone
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go...
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let our love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home
And I've never opened up
I've never truly loved till you put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let our love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home You put your arms around me and I'm home
As soon as the song was over Beca bowed to the crowd and quickly scampered off the stage and towards Stacie and Aubrey. "Hey, did she say where it was?" Aubrey nodded and told Beca she would text her the address, the DJ received hugs from all of them and then she hugged Emily and the little girl had a very worried look on her face. "What's wrong Em?" The little eleven year old's eyes began to tear up and she pulled Beca close to her and whispered. "Promise me you'll save mom." Beca used her thumb to wipe away a stray tear from the girl's right eye and softly kissed her forehead. "I promise Em." And with that Beca quickly ran through the concert hall and out of the building altogether and headed straight for the taxi that to Beca's luck was just outside. As soon as Beca opened the door she got a text off Aubrey and the taxi immediately took off. This is it Mitchell! You want this more than anything, stop being so nervous, you promised Emily, more importantly you promised Chloe!